Event between (32929) 95QY9 and star GA1080:00247155 with event index number of 240256
Geocentric closest approach at 2020/01/08 23:15:47 UTC
J2000 position of star is 02:22:40.6 +18:37:56
Equinox of date position of star is 02:23:45.5 +18:43:12
Stellar brightness G=15.1,
use SENSEUP=128
Star is 46 degrees from the moon.
Moon is 96% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.4
TNO is 30.3 AU from the Sun
and 29.9 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 5.5
km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or,
0.9 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 729 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is
2988 km.
The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=8.4
Diameter=125.9 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 22.9 sec chord
Diameter=51.4 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 9.3 sec chord
Dynamical classification is 3:2E
Star training set for 32929, (2020/01/08 23:16UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:37:04.3 +16:32:53 0.8 31.78 15 Hamal 02:08:18.4 +23:33:22 2.0 6.03 48 22The Ari 02:19:14.6 +19:59:34 5.6 1.66 46 PPM 118226 02:27:21.3 +18:59:40 8.2 0.89 45 PPM 118167 02:23:48.8 +18:30:05 9.1 0.22 46 32929 02:23:47.4 +18:43:21 15.1 45 Positions are for equinox of date
Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.
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Star training set for 32929, (2020/01/08 23:16UT) Object RA Dec mag sep mel Aldebaran 04:35:55.3 +16:30:30 0.8 31.78 15 Hamal 02:07:10.7 +23:27:42 2.0 6.03 48 22The Ari 02:18:07.5 +19:54:04 5.6 1.66 46 PPM 118226 02:26:14.3 +18:54:18 8.2 0.89 45 PPM 118167 02:22:42.0 +18:24:40 9.1 0.22 46 32929 02:22:40.6 +18:37:56 15.1 45 Positions are for J2000
Event circumstances last updated at 2019/06/07 23:08:20 UT
Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute